Halfmoons with Feta Cheese
(Pogaca)
Main:
10 tbsp (155 ml) butter (room temperature)
70 ml extra virgin olive oil
2 cups flour (white, all purpose), sifted
1 egg
2 tbsp plain yogurt
1 tbsp baking powder
1 pinch salt
Filling:
3/4 cup feta cheese, crumbled
1/4 cup fresh parsley, chopped
Top:
1 egg yolk (eggwash)
First, pre-heat the oven to 175 C (350 F). Put all the main ingredients in a deep plastic bowl. Mix well using your hand. Take a small piece of dough (about the size of a plum), make a little hole in it and then put 1 tbsp of the filling inside. Close it up, giving it a halfmoon shape.
Place the pieces on a baking tray. Then brush each pogaca with egg yolk for glazing. Bake for 20 minutes. This recipe will make about 22 pieces.
Have with tea in the morning or afternoon. Pogaca will taste better if you prepare the dough the day before you bake it and leave in the fridge overnight.
22 Comments:
Great recipe..great pictures.
Any chance in the near future for the recipe for "asure"
Many thanks!
Hulya
Australia
Thanks a lot, I can post the recipe for Asure in the first half of July, so check back in a few weeks :)
Binnur
this is my second recipe from you, after the asure which i think was better then my mom's.
couple of requests: 180ml. of butter is really hard to measure, so i used one stick (1/2 cup=4 oz.)
also pinch of salt maybe?
and i decorated mine with black sesame seeds on top.
thanks again.
P.S. am i the only guy cooking?
Hi,
I changed it from 170 ml to 10 tbsp
(1 stick + 2 tbsp) which should be easier to measure. I also add 1 pinch salt:)
Hello!
Just found your site and will be trying your recipes. I have fallen in love with Istanbul and now want to eat,breathe,live and dream Turkish!
Joan (in Italy)
Thankyou for splendid recipe it went so well with my crumpets and marmelade!
Rupert E. Donnavan-Butler
London, England
Binnur Hanim selamlar,
Bu haftasonu kahvalti icin bu pogacalari deneyecegim...
Size bir sorum olacakti: Tereyag ve olive oil icin olculeri aciklayabilirmisiniz? Tereyagini kac stick kullaniyosunuz (saniyorum 1 stick=125 gr) 70 ml ne kadara geliyor zeytinyagi icin? 1 su bardagi gibi mi?
Cok tesekkurler,
Asli
Sevgili Asli,
1 stick + 2 tbsp butter
1 turk kahve fincanindan birazcik daha az zeytinyag kullaniyorum.
Bir su bardagi = 1 kap = 250 ml
Turkce kisimda "olculer" bolumu var, yardimci olacagini saniyorum:)
Bende dun sabah kahvaltisi icin kizima pogaca yaptim, simdiden eline saglik.
Sevgilerimle
Dear Binnur,
I stumbled upon this website yesterday and I've printed out a bunch of recipes and I'll be trying them out. I am Turkish and I live in Canada. My husband is Canadian and loves my mom's cooking. Unfortunately my parents do not live in Canada so I can't always bug my mom for recipes but this blog seems to be the next best thing. Thank you so much for putting it together!
-Ferda
Hi Ferda,
I remember the first years of my marriage, I was far from away home
too:) The second time I left Turkey I brought my mom and grandmother's
recipes with me. Now I share every recipe that I learned from them.
That's why I really am glad that I've been helping you:) Thank you:)
Sevgilerimle,
Hi,
Just wanted to say this is great. I can finally start cooking Turkish food more often as recipes in Turkish books can be difficult to follow.
I'm Yozgatli & would really like to make Arapasi. Would you consider posting the recipe?
Great work.
Wassalam
Zehra
Australia
Hi Zehra,
Thank you. I'm glad I could help :)
Sure I can post Arapasi.
Sevgilerimle,
Merhaba Binnur!
Thank you so much for your time and efforts with this website. I learned most of my Turkish in the kitchen with my mother-in-law. This is one of the first turkish recipes that I wrote down while watching my mother-in-law make it. It is nice to see it with measurements. Mine which is long lost was writen in hand fulls, pinches, big spoons, and the famous turkish cooks expression of when the dough feels like your ear lobe. My mother-in-law also uses this dough with apples instead of cheese to make a dessert. I have been trying to learn how to make mercimek kofte maybe a recipe from you could help... the watch and learn without measurments just isn't working for me and I can't seem to get it right. Thanks again! Tammy
Hi Tammy,
Thank you:) Yes I know all my mum's and grannie's recipes which were
given to me the old fashioned way:)) It was hard to get them in
measurements...I already posted the Mercimek Kofte recipe, here is the
address;
http://www.turkishcookbook.com/2005/10/lentil-pate.php
Sevgilerimle,
Dear Binnur,
Will you please tell me how to make pogaca without a filling? My husband misses this kind of pogaca, and I would like to be able to make it.
Thanks very much again,
Lynette
Hi Lynette,
Sure I will post it for you soon:)
Sevgilerimle,
Dear Binnur,
Thank you for this great website! The recipes are perfect and take me back home. Curious to know whether these pogaca's freeze well? We're only 2 people and that's a lot of pogaca. I appreciate your thoughts.
Hi,
Thank you for the nice comment:) I never froze after baking Pogaca.
But before baking them for myself and my husband I always divide the
dough in 2 pieces, put one into a Ziploc bag and keep in the freezer
for the next time we want to bake them:)
Take care,
Hi Binnur,
It's me again :)
I came back to look for Arapasi recipe you said you'd post. I could't find it. Can you pls post the link if you have. If you haven't thats fine too :)
You must be busy.
Love from Australia
Zehra (Yozgatli remember) :P
Hi Zehra,
Sure I remember you:P I haven't post it yet, I have a long request list, so I am hoping that it may be soon:)
Hugs from Canada,
Dear Binnur,
I live in Turkey and I am now trying to cook turkish food. I found your website so helpful as there are measurements. My mother in law says there is no need for that but trust me, as a foreigner here, knowing how many cups or how many spoons really helps!!
I just tried the pogaca, my fiancé loved it but I personnally think I put too much butter.
Any idea of how many grams is a 10 table spoons?
Thank you so much in advance,
Marie
Hi Marie,
10 tbsp is 155 grams of butter.
Butter is not that much in Pogaca if you compare it with Brownies, Chocolate Chip Cookies...:)
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